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ive only heard of SMS msgs being exchanged between phones. phoneless folks who want to send a msg to a phone can use AT&T's web page. but what about phoneful folks who want to send an SMS to a the phoneless but faxful?
there is a network of free fax servers out there.[STOP] it would be nifty
to have short ascii messages roll out of a friend's fax machine.[STOP] almost like a telex! [STOP]
wouldnt it?[PAUSE]
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Doesn't the presence of a fax indicate the presence of a phone? |
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This reminds me of a Dilbert cartoon where D is vying for technological superiority over a co-worker. One of the panels has a fax coming out of his belt. |
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Most SMS providers supply e-mail gateways these days. (In the US, many people "send email from my cell phone" without realizing they're using SMS and a gateway.) |
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There are lots of E-mail to FAX gateways, so there's your bakey. Better yet, just send them an e-mail; FAX machines are dumb. |
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And yeah, who's got a FAX machine but no phone? |
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I think this is great. My dad has a mobile phone but it's rarely on and he don't know how to SMS. (he has no computer/email) A fax he can handle! It would be nice to be able to send him 'hellos' now and then. |
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FAX? You mean those clunky picturephone thingies they used to have in offices during the medieval era? |
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Googled for this, because I really need it, and one of the top results is this hbidea here on HB! |
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Responding to the negative annos: |
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1. In my country, all government, banks, lawyers, large goods suppliers - all use fax, and for various interactions will not accept anything besides a fax. |
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2. Most people have a cell phone with no fast way to send an email 2 fax. |
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So: SMS2Fax will be great for the combined situation. |
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//1. In my country, all government, banks, lawyers, large goods suppliers - all use fax, and for various interactions will not accept anything besides a fax.// |
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I don't know what country you're from, but my country is considered fairly advanced and still people occasionally ask me to fax things to them. Lawyers are slooooowly catching on to scan-and-email, but my last accountant still has a fax and no email address! I find it incredible that people like that can stay in business at all. |
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There is some legal thing about a fax, my bank (for one particularly obscure account) will accept a printed and signed instruction or a faxed instruction, but not scanned and emailed and not also faxed via a computer. They must have analogue lawyers! |
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